Tuesday, March 30, 2010

May 2010 Events in Silver City, Nevada

Photo Display of Volunteers on Silver City School House Archaeology Site: Friday, May 7 at 5:30pm. Very young children to older adults worked cheerfully side by side on this long project, many of them from Silver City, but many were also good Samaritans from the region who just wanted to help and be involved in an archaeology project.

A photo display highlighting the volunteers will be displayed at the soup dinner on Friday, May 7. Please RSVP by April 30 to Quest Lakes at 847-0742 or to Cashion Callaway. There is no charge for this event. Special thanks to chefs Cashion Callaway and Bonnie Brown and display organizer Dr. Ron Reno. This event is funded, in part, by Silver City Task Force and Healthy Communities Coalition

Chautauqua Performance of Photographer Margaret Bourke-White by Dr. Doris Dwyer: Friday, May 28 at 6:30pm, Silver City School House: Scholar Doris Dwyer will portray the famous photographer, Margaret Bourke-White. Bourke-White married novelist Erskine Caldwell in Silver City in 1939 when the couple toured Nevada. The event is free and includes light refreshments. The recommended audience is teens and adults. This program is made possible by Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and NV Energy. This program is organized and sponsored by Silver City Task Force and Volunteer Library, and funded, in party, by local used book sales and Healthy Communities Coalition. Call Quest Lakes for more information: (775) 847-0742